A complete set of ancient Roman surgical instruments has gone on show in Rimini in Italy.
More than 100 different tools were found at the archaeological site, which is thought to have once been a surgeon's house 2,000 years ago.
Archaeologists will no doubt be pleased with the discovery of a completely unknown tool, unearthed after 17 years spent digging at the Domus del Chirurgo site.
"This is the largest find of surgical instruments anywhere," said Dr Ralph Jackson, the curator of the Romano-British collection at the British Museum.
"One of the most exciting finds was a lenticular, a small chisel used for opening the skull safely after gouging a channel into it with another instrument," he added.
The excavation was funded by the Italian government at a cost of more than £750,000.
This find follows the discovery of a lost underground Roman grotto last month, near the ruins of Emperor Augustus' palace where - according to mythology - Romulus and Remus were suckled back to health by a she-wolf.
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